South Korea’s performing President Choi Sang-mok has ordered the transport ministry to hold out an emergency security inspection of the nation’s airline operation system, native information company Yonhap reported Monday.
Choi was talking at a catastrophe management assembly in Seoul, after a Jeju Air flight crashed on the nation’s Muan International Airport on Sunday, resulting in 179 fatalities with simply two survivors, making it the deadliest air accident in South Korea.
“The pilot declared mayday after issuing the fowl strike alert,” mentioned Joo Jong-wan, director of aviation coverage division on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Choi pledged that the federal government would “spare no effort” in supporting the bereaved households, and declared a seven-day mourning interval for the nation.
At a press briefing on Sunday, Jeju Air’s head of the administration help workplace Song Kyung-hoon mentioned the airline would help the victims and their households, and that the plane was lined by a $1 billion insurance coverage, reported Yonhap.
Addressing stories {that a} bird strike was the reason for the crash, Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae neither confirmed nor denied it.
“Currently, the precise reason for the accident has but to be decided, and we should anticipate the official investigation by authorities companies,” Kim mentioned in a Sunday statement.
Song dismissed accusations that mechanical faults or insufficient security preparations performed a job within the crash.
“This crash will not be about any upkeep points. There might be completely no compromise with regards to sustaining plane,” Song mentioned.
On Monday, a Jeju Air flight reportedly returned to Gimpo International Airport shortly after taking off as a result of an identical situation with the airplane’s touchdown gear was detected.
The accident comes at a politically fraught time for South Korea.
Choi is the nation’s second performing president in a month. He assumed the position after performing President Han Duck-soon was impeached on Friday by lawmakers over his reluctance to nominate three justices to the Constitutional Court trying into the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Yoon was impeached a mere just weeks back, after imposing martial legislation for six hours firstly of the month for the primary time for the reason that army coup of 1979.
Shares of Jeju Air hit an all-time low Monday, based on FactSet knowledge, and had been final down 8.53%. Other Korean airways’ shares had been risky.
